Muldraugh, KY 40121 Frost Dates
Muldraugh, KY: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/19, about 234 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/24, roughly 186 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Muldraugh, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until Muldraugh's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/19 isn't a guarantee
04/19 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/04 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/02 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Muldraugh against the rest of the dataset
Muldraugh's growing season runs about 186 days, ranking 22,881 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within KY, it ranks 691 of 909.
Learn more
Before leaning on 40121's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Muldraugh's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Muldraugh's dates instead of trusting one.